The Bulgarian Press comment on potential opponents for Levski Sofia:
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The Bulgarian Press comment on potential opponents for Levski Sofia:
http://translate.google.com/translat...ient=firefox-a
Levski have some good fans...................
http://www.ultraslevski.org/0910/091...2-0/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zfA1...ayer_embedded#!
(good luck to the dundalk massive , if they get through!!!)
TNS reaction to draw
http://www.saints-alive.co.uk/phpBB3...php?f=3&t=3094
Awesome stuff.... for those of you who couldn't be bothered clicking on Réiteoir's link, it really is worth it....Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
The most ferocious Irish audience waiting Levski
Dandolk team that can play against Levski in the second round of the League is Europe's most famous savage audiences in Ireland, says "7 dni sport".
Blue will face the winner of the match Dandolk - Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), for the moment to define the Irish favorite.
Three years ago Dandolk fans attacked the office of the Irish Football Association, and the wildest of them are known mujahideen.
:terror: :cool:
Three years ago Dandolk fans attacked the office of the Irish Football Association, and the wildest of them are known mujahideen. - haha brilliant!!!
would that not be the maxihideenQuote:
Originally Posted by Dublin Red
so lets get down to the nitty grtiiey,
say this happens (in my head most likely) and being quite realistic edging towards optimism on shams and dundalks behalf's :)
Bohs: win first 2 games, then draw,loose in the next two, and then draw,loose in the two after
shams: win,draw, then draw,loose
dundalk: win,win then loose,loose
fingal: draw,loose
just out of interest where would results like this put us co-efficient wise?
Basically this is what is needed for us to stand still in the ranking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
We are, more or less, the highest ranked country never to have a team in the group stages of a uefa competition. The only way to move up the rankings at this stage would be qualification for the group stages.
Basically we're going to start yo-yoing up and down 4 or 5 places. Unless with a lucky draw/good performances someone starts geting to those group stages once every 4/5 years.
Oh, and having the same teams qualify regularly, picking up their own co-efficient also helps - improves chance of a better draw in the earlier rounds.
Lets hope Bohs get an easy draw after they beat TNS. They'd want to avoid Basel, Anderlecht, Copenhagen and Rosenborg to stand a chance of getting to the play off round. Of which they go into the EL group stages if they lose. So I think theres good chance for Bohs in this.
I don't think Dundalk can beat Levski Sofia, and that will be the end of their run.
Fingal won't get past Maritimo.
Rovers will get past Ulisses/Bnei Yehuda, and hopefully a lucky draw for them and then they will get knocked out in the play off round.
Sorted :) and btw whats with all this play off business, yet again UEFA siding with the big boys.
It actually made it harder for them, but anyway...Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Yeah but more importantly it made it harder for smaller clubs. Because theres a gaurantee of playing a big club before you have any chance of getting into the group stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
What are you talking about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
It's not like they added an extra round.
It's fairer all round. Guaranteed places for actual champions. If anything the chances of a winnable tie for unseeded champions is increased, as the non-champions from the 'big' leagues are arguably better than some of the higher ranked champions.
And surely a guaranteed tie against a big club, as you put, is a good thing - big club = big payday?
That's loosely what might happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
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Originally Posted by fionnsci
you heard it here first folks
i did a bit of studying and the basic knowledge we need to know is :Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
this year we lose our best co-efficient points total ever, from 06/07, when we got 2.833 (largely due to derry knocking out gothenburg and gretna and getting a draw with psg in the uefa cup, and cork city knocking out apollon limassol in the champions league)
to stay in our current position in 29th we probably need to get around the same again this year.
to put it in perspective last year we got 1.375
however this year it's unlikely dundalk will do a sligo (go out to a much poorer side) and bohs should progress in the champions league, unlike last year.
the most likely outcome of this season will be:
dundalk beat grevenmacher in both games and getting a draw with levski sofia after losing the first leg - that's 0.875 for the co-efficient i think
bohs beat tns home and away before getting a draw in next round and losing the other leg. going into the europa league and getting a draw as well but probably losing the other leg. then bohs would contribute near to 1.000
presuming rovers and fingal get a draw each and that's 0.333 towards the co-efficient
so this year's co-efficient should add up to 2.208 which would be our third best total in history however a bit short of 2.833. looking at the co-efficients table it looks like we at worst go down two and at best go up one but it's most likely we stay in 29th.
btw i didn't study your predictions but i would estimate they would get us around 4.000 which would almost certainly put us up the table.
You never know, i would give us a fighting chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Why have you got Dundalk down to play Sofia when you dont know if they will win their first round match yet? And why do you say " After they beat TNS " for the bohs match.? You seem to know who is going to win in all the games .
Just a question, with the draw for the third qualifying round made the day after the first leg does it mean that Fingal would be seeded IF they got past Maritimo ? Or Maritimo wouldnt have been seeded in the next round anyway ? It would mean we couldnt look forward to a possible meeting with the likes of Liverpool or Juventus if the winners of our match was seeded.
What would it do to the co efficient thingy if Fingal go past Maritimo?
your half right in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
bohs , rovers ,dundalk and fingal will all get knocked out in the 1st round.;)
The group stage will be the pay day not the play offs.Quote:
Originally Posted by A N Mouse
It will be a bigger pay day not THE pay day.
That would be a very strange outcome!Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Dundalk would be pi$$ed off to be knockout by Grevenmacher in the first round, but not half as much as Bohs, Rovers and Fingal who all think they are playing for a place in the 3rd Qualifying Rounds
Bohs, Rovers and Sporting Fingal dont think it, they know it :)
It's just predicting, just to make the sentences shorter I didn't say " I think" for every line.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
I think its 1 points for a win divided by the number of teams from your country which is 4 for the LOI. Therefore a Bohs/Dundalk/Fingal/Rovers win would give 0.25 or a draw 0.125. I think that doubles at a later stage not sure at what point though possibly the round before the group stage in both competitions not sure though.
Last year NI got 0.125 and lost every game except for 1 draw (Crusaders 1-1 rabotnicki) so i'm guessing in the qualifying rounds it's 0.125 for every draw
wales got 0.333 and outside of defeats the only thing they got was a win (motherwell 0-1 llanelli) so i suppose a win is still worth 0.333 to the co-efficient.
I think thats because Wales have only 3 teams, therefore their 1 point is divided across 3 teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
TNS beat Glentoran 2-0 in a friendly in Belfast on Saturday. Article says they play Linfield this week.
no, 4 teams qualify for them as well (TNS, Port Talbot Town, Llanelli and Bangor City)Quote:
Originally Posted by abcd
League of Ireland refs will be doing this fixture this evening in Andorra.Quote:
Originally Posted by ped_ped
(Match likely to be called off due to water-logged pitch.)
more likely due to a colour clash. It's Buttimer.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevB76
According to the Birkirkara website the Andorrans are still re-laying the pitch - madness:
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Birkirkara FC had a training session today in the "Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella". This is the ground to be used for tomorrow’s first leg encounter of the Champions League fixture. Much to the dissapointment of our Club, the pitch was found to be in a very bad state. The pitch is waterlogged mainly due to the heavy rain. The laying of carpet grass only a few hours before this training session, was another reason why the pitch is in this terrible shape.
Mr.John Borg, Birkirkara FC's Vice President and International Liason, has shown his dissaproval, in the name of our Club, with the UEFA delegate in a meeting convened on purpose to discuss this matter.
To make matters worse, more rain is forecast for tomorrow afternoon. Also, the laying of the rolls of the new grass is not yet finalised, and will continue tomorrow.
Prophetic! - the match has been postponed!
Well done lads, now can you PM Wednesday's lotto numbers to me please?
Looks like B'kara will be awarded the game 3-0, though UEFA haven't confirmed this. The return won't have to worry about waterlogging - even if it did pour, it's on the astro in the Centenary Stadium (I think Pats fans will have fond memories).
Some Pats fans won't have any memories... ;)
Match was played in the hottest weather I've encountered. The shop in the ground had a big tub of ice free to use and anyone going back for a drink had to being tons of the stuff back just so we'd cool down. sold beer too for a half an hour before UEFA delegate told them to stop.
Terrible game, won by a great Fabio header
Looks like Dundalk have wasted much needed cash getting their stadium up to the minimum specifications set down by UEFA - other clubs have been allowed to simply not comply with the same regulations but allowed to participate...
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Meanwhile, TNS have confirmed that they will play the home leg of the tie, on July 20, at their own ground of Park Hall. It had been suggested that the game would be moved to a bigger venue due to a restricted capacity of 1,000 at the ground, but UEFA will allow TNS to play the game there
The GenQuip - even with all those improvements and investments still falls short of the minimum seating requirement for that competitions by 500 seats (or a whole one-third)Quote:
Port Talbot Town have received notification from UEFA that The GenQuip Stadium will be able to host the UEFA Europa League match against TPS Turku of Finland.
A delegate from UEFA inspected the ground last week ahead of the 1st qualifying round draw and confirmed on Monday that the ground will be able to host Europa League football.
Port Talbot Town travel to Finland to take on TPS Turku on Thursday, 1st July with the return leg at The GenQuip Stadium on Thursday, 8th July.
The decision to allow Port Talbot Town to play the most important match in the clubs history at home is testament to the many ground improvements that have taken place over the last ten years and just reward for the investment and dedication that has made the ground what it is today.
Maybe the officials at Oriel Park should request a cheque from UEFA to cover the unnecessary expenditure they've incurred in installing those extra seats
All in all,im still glad the money was spent on the ground(even if it means less money for more players).The clubs owner is a property developer and other business in the building sector.so all work would be done at cost price.
And who know how long he will be around for.so when you can get it cheap do it.
And the ground looks much better for it!
would this be the cue for Sprouting Fungus to look at the possibility of their games being played in Santry?
will the Dundalk game be streamed online anywhere does anyone know? Wouldnt mind watching it if possible...
Good luck tomorrow to all the Dundalkkk posters! Hoping for a good result for you.
Hoping for all Irish clubs to do well in Europe to improve this co-efficient and getting us all further and further each year. Dont think the game is live anywherebut local paper Dundalk Democrat is going to have regular updates if they have internet access at the stadium!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
It's not down for TV coverage so I highly doubt it will be anywhere. There's always the chance that it will be beamed from one satellite to the other and can be picked up free-to-air by someone with the right equipment, not likely considering it's a 1st round game. It'll probably just be recorded like MNS do.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Full team flew over yesterday bar JJ Melligan who appears to be on his way to Cheltenham. Burns, Synnott and Cherrie wont be playing due to injuries.
best of luck to dundalk. hope the fans enjoy their time there and that they come back with a win!